Read more information about the arts in Colorado in conjunction with the spring 2008 Workshop magazine feature on Ron Hicks' Denver workshop.
by Allison Malafronte
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Jeanne Mackenzie
conducted a plein air
landscape workshop
through Cottonwood
Artists’ School last
August at the Garden of
the
Gods, in Colorado
Springs. |
SCHOOLS AND ART CENTERS
Cottonwood Artists’ School
Located
in Colorado Springs, this school specializing in traditional art
instruction offers weekly painting classes, life-drawing sessions with
posed models, and workshops with some of the top artists in the
country. The large 30,000-square-foot space also houses several artist
studio spaces—which are available for rent on a monthly basis—as well
as a gallery, where artists regularly exhibit their work and host
opening receptions. Some of the instructors teaching workshops at
Cottonwood in 2008 include Kim English, Lorenzo Chavez, Chuck Mardosz,
and Carolyn Anderson. For more information, visit www.cottonwoodartistsschool.com.
Art Students League of Denver
The
Art Students League of Denver—located in the historic Sherman School in
the West Washington Park area of Denver—has been the art-instruction
home of many nationally and internationally recognized artists from the
Rocky Mountain region, including Ron Hicks. The league offers ongoing
classes, workshops, and lectures with top instructors and also gives
artists an opportunity to display their work in special events and
exhibitions in their gallery. Members of the league are also exposed to
the business side of art through the annual Summer Art Market, which
provides experience in marketing and selling artwork. For more
information, visit www.asld.org.
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Portrait of Miss Elsie
Palmer or Young Lady
in White
by John Singer Sargent,
1889–1890, oil on
canvas. Collection
Colorado Springs Fine
Arts Center, Colorado
Springs, Colorado. |
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
A
museum, an art school, and a theatre for performance art, as well as a
café and museum shop, are all part of this expansive fine-arts center
in Colorado Springs. The Taylor Museum houses nine permanent
collections and also regularly features work from national and
international collections through regular exhibitions. (Particularly
noteworthy in the permanent collection is a late 19th-century work by
John Singer Sargent titled Portrait of Miss Elsie Palmer.) The Bemis
School of Art is dedicated to educating artists of all ages and levels
through more than 145 courses in drawing, painting, ceramics,
sculpture, art history, photography, and more. For more information,
visit www.csfineartscenter.org.
MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES
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Woman With Mirror
by Titian, ca.1515, oil,
39 x 29 15⁄16.
Collection the Louvre,
Paris, France.
This
Titian painting was
one of several Old
Master works featured in
the
“Artisans & Kings:
Selected Treasures From
the Louvre” exhibition
that was on view at
the Denver Art Museum
through the beginning of
January. |
Denver Art Museum
This
356,000-square foot museum located in downtown Denver includes a
gallery space, three temporary exhibition venues, and the Lewis I.
Sharp auditorium and boasts an impressive permanent collection that
ranges from classical European and American Art to contemporary modern
art. The Denver Art Museum also hosts traveling exhibitions from
notable museums around the world and recently featured the "Artisans
& Kings: Selected Treasures from the Louvre" exhibition, which was
on display in the museum's newest space, The Frederic C. Hamilton
building. For more information, visit www.denverartmuseum.org.
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White Orchid
by Joe Bonomo, 2007,
oil, 24 x 30. Courtesy
Hayden Hays Gallery,
Colorado Springs,
Colorado.
Colorado Springs figure
painter Joe Bonomo is
one of many fine
artists
represented by the
Hayden Hays Gallery, in
the historic
Broadmoor
hotel. |
Gallery 1261
A
spacious gallery located in the heart of Denver's Golden Triangle Arts
District, Gallery 1261 represents some of the nation's top artists,
including Dan McCaw, Scott Burdick, Quang Ho, and Ron Hicks. As was the
case for the Hicks' workshop featured in this issue, the gallery often
holds workshops, using its sprawling and well-lit interior to host
professional artist-instructors from Colorado and beyond. Regular
exhibitions, salons, and lectures round out the Gallery 1261
experience, making it feel more like a museum than a gallery space. For
more information, visit www.gallery1261.com.
The Hayden Hays Gallery
Located
in the legendary five-star Broadmoor Hotel, in Colorado Springs, this
prestigious gallery represents such internationally known artists as
Ovanes Berberian, Kim English, and Thomas Buechner as well as emerging
artists Joe Bonomo and Martha Mans. In addition to its display of
high-quality fine art paintings, this elegant and welcoming gallery
also features etchings, photographs, ceramic plates and clay tiles, as
well as stone and bronze sculpture that are charmingly displayed in a
nearby garden. For more information, visit www.haydenhaysgallery.com.
Cherokees of Manitou Art Gallery
This
Colorado Springs gallery, owned by Sharon and Gary Dahlen, presents
work from local painters working in various styles and media as well as
ceramics, glass work, and sculpture-which is part of their goal to
foster artistic expression of all types. In addition to displaying fine
works of art, the gallery also hosts events and benefits. For more
information, visit www.cherokeesofmanitou.com.